{"product_id":"the-burning-library-our-great-novelists-lost-and-found","title":"The Burning Library: Our Great Novelists Lost and Found","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA perfect introduction to Australian literature, The Burning Library explores the lives and work of some of our greatest novelists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlarmed by the increasingly marginal status of Australian literature in the academy, Williamson has set out to reintroduce us to those key writers whose works we may have forgotten or missed altogether. His focus is on fiction that gives pleasure, and he is ardent in defence of books that for whatever reason sit uneasily in the present moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Burning Library is a dynamic act of reclamation inspired by Miles Franklin's claim that a nation that fails to acknowledge its literary treasures is `neither preserved nor developed, but only defaced'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWriters discussed in this collection include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eM. Barnard Eldershaw, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eXavier Herbert, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristina Stead, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDal Stivens, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePatrick White, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJessica Anderson, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSumner Locke Elliott, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmy Witting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOlga Masters, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Ireland, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElizabeth Harrower, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomas Keneally, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRandolph Stow, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGerald Murnane.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geordie Williamson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43017650471081,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/geordiewilliams.jpg?v=1681011001","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-burning-library-our-great-novelists-lost-and-found","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}